One Of Two Girls Shot On South Side Has Died

(Chicago, IL) — One of two young girls that were shot in the head over the weekend on Chicago’s South Side is dead. Eleven-year-old Takiya Holmes passed away this morning. She was wounded by a stray bullet Saturday night as she sat in a parked car with her mother and other relatives in the Parkway Gardens neighborhood. Meanwhile, 12-year-old Kanari Gentry-Bowers remains on life support. She was also shot Saturday evening while playing basketball with friends at Henderson Elementary School. Police say both victims were not the intended target of the shooters and no one is in custody.